# Curious about Terrapin products

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**Created:** [December 19, 2012, 9:48pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/curious-about-terrapin-products/46809 "2012-12-19T21:48:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![anonyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@anonyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anonyo)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 10:19pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/curious-about-terrapin-products/46809/34 "2012-12-22T22:19:05Z")

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> [@Expensive](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/expensive/46140/26):
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> > [@Expensive](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/expensive/46140/26):
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> > > [@Expensive](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/expensive/46140/26):
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> > > > [@kyo](#):
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> > > > Ceramics did bump up slightly over the others, but not nearly enough to justify the cost (in my opinion).
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> > > > [@Expensive](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/expensive/46140/26):
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> > > > S.kon Nostalgia.
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> > > > Current retail price is roughly $4500 USD. (levitating stand not included)
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> > > > Kyle
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> > > These two statements don’t go together.
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> > Sure they do. One is a functional art piece that is both beautiful and a monumental technical achievement, one is a bearing that makes things spin.
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> > Kyle
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> No. It’s a yoyo. Don’t make it into something else. Yes, it is a beautiful, smooth, handcrafted piece of metal, but that doesn’t change the fact that you paid about $4500 for a yoyo.
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> You paid that money. If you can pay that much for a yoyo, then complaining about the extra $20 for a nice bearing is just stupid.

Yup. It’s like spending $1Million on a rare Ferrari and then whining about a new set of tires.

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